In late August of 1999, I, Richard Tubbs,  my wife Esther, and my cousin Anna Tubbs Ordway, descendents of Jeremiah Tubbs and his third son, Seneca Tubbs, traveled to upstate New York "In Search of The Tubbs Clan". Following here is some of the information and links to pictures of tombstones of the  ancestors and relatives which we found on this trip into the past.
 

Our trip began with my hope of just maybe finding the final resting place of Emmet Jay Tubbs who was my great grandfather. After emailing cousin Anna (who lives in Georgia) about our proposed trip, she mentioned that she also wanted to locate her family plot. She was going to be "up east" and would join us in our search.

Our trip began on Monday. We began by driving to St. Joseph's Convent Cemetery in Latham NY where we found the gravesite of Anna's sister,  Lucy Frances Tubbs (born 7-2-1915 and died 2-14-1988).

We then drove from Latham/Troy, New York up to Warrensburg to find the Saint Cecilia's Cemetery. Relying on her memory, Anna guided us to the cemetery where we found the grave site of Lee Seomore Tubbs, her father (b 6-16-1885  d 2-5-1960); Katherine Tubbs, her mother (b 4-23-1886  d 7-11-1947); and Hugh PatrickTubbs, her brother (b 1923  d 1933) .

While at St. Cecilia's Cemetery, which is actually part of the larger Warrensburg Cemetery, we found some additional relatives  which I did not photograph but am posting the information here for reference. These are not from Seneca Tubbs' lineage and I am not sure which branch they are from. Perhaps a reader of this information can provide some information. Spelling and other information are copied exactly as it appeared on the stones......

                                                                John H. Tubbs
                                                                   1860-1930
                                                               Almira  Jackson
                                                                     His wife
                                                                  1850 -1915

                                                             George H. Tubbs
                                                                      Father
                                                                  1853 -1933

                                                           Josephine D. Tubbs
                                                                     Mother
                                                                 1877 -1959

                                                              Editha I. Tubbs
                                                            dau of Geo & Jos
                                                             Died 11-7-1895
                                                              Age  7 months

                                                             Joseph C. Tubbs
                                                                 1828 - 1865
                                                    Co. E  142nd Reg  N.Y.S.V.
                                                             1st Brig  2nd Div.
                                                             10th Army Corps

                                                               Esther J. Slack
                                                                    His Wife
                                                                 1834 - 1907

Those buried in this Harris family plot at Warrensburg are probably related to Louisa Harris Tubbs, wife of Seneca Tubbs (who are both buried at Maquoketa, Iowa) and/or Angeline Harris Tubbs, wife of Jeremiah's second son, George Tubbs (both are buried at Maquoketa, IA).

Related to the Tubbs family through marriage was the Bates family of Warren County, New York. We found these at Warrensburg but were not photographed.

                                                           Chester A.  Bates
                                                               1871  - 1939             (actual DOD = 9-15-1939)
                                                                   His  Wife
                                                              Edith  S. Bates
                                                                1887  - 1986             (actual DOD = 5-7-1986)

               (Chester was a brother of Alma Bates Tubbs, wife of Emmet Jay Tubbs)
 

                                                        Eleanor M. Bates Cook
                                                               1911  - 1945

                              (Eleanor was a daughter of Chester and Edith Bates)

                                                               Jennie  Bates
                                                                1868  - 1960

                       (Jennie was a sister of Alma Bates Tubbs and Chester A. Tubbs)
 

Our next stop was in Lake George, NY at the Evergreen Cemetery.  It was here that we hoped to find the resting place of my great grandfather. The day had turned very hot and humid, so we did not at first get out of our vehicle but rather drove around slowly.  Within a few minutes, we spotted the word "EMMET" on the front of a stone. We had found great grand-dad. It was almost as if he had beckoned us in his direction.

Emmet Jay Tubbs  (note the corrected spelling with only one "t")  was thought to have died in 1903, but discovery of his tombstone revealed that he died in 1905.  Also, some other changes were noted as indicated below. The tombstone information is as follows......(the remarks in  parenthesis are mine).

                                                                Emmet J. Tubbs
                                                                  1857  - 1905                   (note year of death)
                          (Wife)                          Alma Bates Tubbs
                                                                   1861 - 1938                    (note year of death)
                           (5th son)                      Ralph C. Tubbs                 (note middle initial)
                                                                   1889  - 1906                   (note year of death)
                            (4th son)                     Philip  E. Tubbs                 (note middle initial)
                                                           aged 11 yrs 8 months
 

But this was not all that we found here. Very near was the tombstone of Lilly M. (Tubbs) O'hara who was Emmet Tubbs' only daughter, and also the Wood family plot where Minnie D. Bates, another sister of Alma Bates Tubbs, is buried. Also shown is her husband, Charles S. Wood.

After the successes of the day so far, what more could we have wanted?? We still had lots of daylight left, so we set out for Queensbury, NY and the Sunnyside Cemetery.  We had information that some of the early Tubbs' were buried there. Not being really sure of the location of this cemetery, I trusted in my luck to find it. All I had to go on was a topographic map which showed NO cemeterys in the vicinity of the village of Queensbury but it DID show one near Lake Sunnyside, several miles west. We took a chance....... In the late afternoon,  we arrived at Lake Sunnyside,  and yes, there was an ancient un-named cemetery where the map indicated. Was this the one?? We all got out in the hot afternoon sun and started walking the rows of old, worn tombstones. Some were barely legible, but we went on. We started on the east side and worked westward. Finally, as we approached the final rows on the west side, we found a Tubbs stone! And what luck !! It was the tombstone of Jeremiah Tubbs, father of Seneca, great grandfather of Emmet Jay and my great-g-g-g grandfather,  and in near pristine shape at that!!
The stone reads......

Close by were the graves of Betsey Tubbs and Jerey Tubbs, two of his children and the grave of Sibbel or Sibble Tubbs (it seemed to be spelled both ways), his wife.
Betsey's stone reads.........

Jerey's stone reads.........

And finally, Jeremiah's first wife Sibble/Sibbel (Odell) Tubbs.......

Nearby, was the marker for Phebe J. Tubbs who was daughter of Sidney Danvers Tubbs, one of Jeremiah's sons. Sidney had married Amanda Griffin who was also from the Warren County area. Some time after Phebe's death, Sidney and Amanda moved to the Maquoketa, Iowa area where they are both buried.

Phebe's marker reads as follows.......

What a rewarding day this had been!! And a long one at that, so we stopped our search and returned to the motel. Anna and her husband Bill had to leave for their home in Georgia the following morning, but Esther and I would resume our searches the following afternoon.

Tuesday afternoon found Esther and I back at Evergreen Cemetery where we took tracings of Emmet J. Tubbs' stone and also took some more photos. We then went to the area northwest of Glens Falls to find an old settler cemetery (which we never did find) but instead found a project house of the Warren County Historical Society. We stopped there to ask directions and found that one of the members there was of the Harris family, related to the Tubbs family through several marriages. Addresses were exchanged and I will be corresponding with her in the near future to try and gather more information about the early Tubbs'.

We proceded on back to Sunnyside Cemetery where we again took stone tracings and did a more thorough search of the cemetery. Several other possible relations were found from the Odell (Jeremiah's wife Sibble was an Odell) and Harris (several Tubbs' married Harris') families. Again, perhaps readers of this account can provide information about these people.

Jacob Odell ........

Benjamin Odell .........

Asa S. and Prudentia H. Harris ................